Acute Precursor T Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia Associated with Behcet's Disease: A Case Report.
- Author:
Ji Won KIM
1
;
Jeung Hui PYO
;
Kyeong Jin KIM
;
Ho KIM
;
Yong JEOUNG
;
Jong Dae JI
;
Young Ho LEE
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Behcet's disease; Acute precursor T cell lymphoblastic leukemia
- MeSH: Biopsy; Bone Marrow; Diagnosis; Drug Therapy; Febrile Neutropenia; Hematologic Diseases; Humans; Middle Aged; Pneumonia; Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma*; Skin; Stomatitis, Aphthous; Ulcer; Uveitis
- From:Journal of Rheumatic Diseases 2014;21(1):46-49
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Behcet's disease is an inflammatory disorder characterized by recurrent oral aphthous ulcers, genital ulcers, uveitis, and skin lesions. A few cases of hematologic disease in patients with Behcet's disease have been reported in the literature. However, acute precursor T cell lymphoblastic leukemia has never been described in association with Behcet's disease. We recently encountered a case of acute precursor T cell lymphoblastic leukemia in a 62-year-old man with a prior diagnosis of Behcet's disease. The patient presented with febrile neutropenia and his bone marrow biopsy revealed acute precursor T cell lymphoblastic leukemia. He was scheduled to undergo therapeutic chemotherapy, but unfortunately he died from pneumonia prior to treatment.
